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Roger was not a fan

I told you that Roger had no stars to give when it came to this film and said it was jaw-droppingly bad. Well, those are some of the nicer comments compared to his full length review of the movie.  Not only did he say the movie wasn’t funny, he further dismissed the failed humor by saying:

“There is a thin line between satire and offensiveness, and this crosses it.”

Though he did say that Martin Landau’s performance was decent, the only one in the movie, he said that it was almost as if he were acting for another role. Ebert said the emotions Landau was trying to evoke were not suited for this film. Yikes. But that’s not the worst of it. He concluded his review with this sentiment.

“My guess is that African Americans will be offended by the movie, and whites will be embarrassed. The movie will bring us all together, I imagine, in paralyzing boredom.”

Ok, I can see why some blacks might be offended–even though I wasn’t– but what I don’t understand is why whites would find themselves embarrassed, that is if they had any interest in seeing the film at all. Hmm. Beats me.